Trying to Find Information about Tenant Rights in Eviction Cases ?

[realfire]

Hello community
I am trying to find out more about what a tenant's rights are if given a letter of intent to evict .
If you have had experience with this please post information to this thread
Thanks

[Bryan]

Find a copy of Nolo press book on this subject. California specific book should be helpful.
Maybe at library?

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/renters-rights/

good luck!

[Barrie]

Landlord/tenant law advice is available at 544-6911. The agency is called CAP & they have a department that mostly helps tenants. Barrie

Hello community
I am trying to find out more about what a tenant's rights are if given a letter of intent to evict .
If you have had experience with this please post information to this thread
Thanks

[Cin]

CAP is Community Action Partnership who serves as Fair Housing of Sonoma County. They are really not highly functioning & our resources wasted w/CAP; be prepared not to have your calls returned, or emails returned. CAP has their hand in too many Sonoma County agencies - a conflict of interest. The best tenant law office in Santa Rosa is:

Sussman & Ziskin
719 Orchard Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-3738
(707) 523-0733

If you're low income:
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
725 Farmers Lane, #10, Bldg. B - Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Phone 707-528-9941 Fax: 707-528-0125
Email: [email protected]
www.crla.org

What exactly is the question? And, are you the landlord, or tenant?

["Mad" Miles]

https://www.fhosc.org/resources/resources.html

https://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/terminations.shtml

I don't know why the second URL won't go to hyperlink, just copy/paste it to your browser window, it should work.

[2Bwacco]

here is a link for the booklet

https://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/...ok/index.shtml

you can also ask the California Consumer folks to mail copies of the Landlord/Tenant rights booklet - it is a great resource!

it is important to approach the landlord/tenant situation together - to see it is as a collaboration. The tenant needs the landlord to rent a home to them. The landlord needs a tenant to assist in being able to afford their real property! When a tenant "puts the screws" to the landlord everybody ends up short of cash. When a home goes into foreclosure, really, no one can live in it then ..

focus on being fair with each other! good luck

[Barrie]

Don Ziskin is no longer part of this office. CAP doesn't do much for you, but they will sit down and explain your options which is a good place to start. Barrie

CAP is Community Action Partnership who serves as Fair Housing of Sonoma County. They are really not highly functioning, and our resources are wasted; be prepared not to have your calls returned, or emails returned. CAP has there hand in too many Sonoma County agencies - at best a conflict.

The best tenant law office in Santa Rosa is:

Sussman & Ziskin Law Offices
719 Orchard Street
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-3738
(707) 523-0733


There is a couple more.... Then,,,,
if you're low income: California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
725 Farmers Lane, #10, Bldg. B - Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Phone 707-528-9941
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 707-528-0125
www.crla.org

What exactly is the question? And, are you the landlord, or tenant?

[Dianala]

Don Ziskin is no longer part of this office. CAP doesn't do much for you, but they will sit down and explain your options which is a good place to start. Barrie

Hmmm.... Clearly there is not enough knowledge about Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP). There is no conflict of interest that I am aware of and I used to work there. The agency runs essential programs for the poor and low income people of Sonoma County, i.e. Head Start, youth programs, a women's shelter and 3 transitional homes to keep people from homelessness, emergency rental assistance, and health programs. It services approximately 10,000 clients a year.

They also have had the contract to run Fair Housing for Sonoma County for many years. The hotline number is (707) 579-5033. The 544-6911 number is the main number for the central office and it is a busy line, so best not to call it for Fair Housing. Also, they are in the middle of changing out phone systems, so if there are current problems, be patient and call back. And, it Fair Housing is not intended to provide legal services.

Go to www.capsonoma.com to learn more before making false statements that are self serving, like disparaging the agency and then offering your own legal services.
Dianala

[Dianala]

First of all, I apologize for implying that disparaging comments were made and then personal promotion of legal services were offered. I misunderstood the person's intent.

I am an advocate of Community Action Partnership and may be seen as biased; however, I know how hard the staff work at this agency. They are very dedicated and open to feedback on customer service issues.

[2Bwacco]

Books available at downtown Santa Rosa Public Library (on E street):

Nolo Press
"Every Tenant's Legal Guide" by Janet Portman & Marcia Stewart
and
"Renters' Rights: the Basics" by Janet Portman & Marcia Stewart

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The Sonoma County Law Library has at least five shelves of Nolo Press books, many on landlord/tenant law - available to look at in the library M-F free.

Nolo Press' website is available for free at the Law Library.